List of Thelma Schoonmaker
Oscar nominations, wins
Updated: June 2025
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Thelma Schoonmaker. Thelma Schoonmaker has been nominated for 9 Academy Awards for Best Editing and won 3. Thelma Schoonmaker is associated with the films of Martin Scorsese. Year indicates year/period for which films were released for awards consideration, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database
2023: Killers of the Flower Moon — lost to Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame). Other nominees: Poor Things (Yorgos Mavropsaridis),
The Holdovers (Kevin Tent), Anatomy of a Fall (Laurent Sénéchal)
2019: The Irishman — lost to Ford v Ferrari (Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker). Other nominees: Joker (Jeff Groth), Parasite (Jinmo Yang), Jojo Rabbit (Tom Eagles)
2011: Hugo — lost to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter). Other nominees: The Artist (Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius), The Descendants (Kevin Tent), Moneyball (Christopher Tellefsen)
WON: 2006: The Departed — Other nominees: United 93 (Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson, Christopher Rouse), Babel (Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione), Blood Diamond (Steven Rosenblum), Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez)
WON: 2004: The Aviator — Other nominees: Million Dollar Baby (Joel Cox), Ray (Paul Hirsch), Collateral (Jim Miller, Paul Rubell), Finding Neverland (Matt Chesse)
2002: Gangs of New York — lost to Chicago (Martin Walsh). Other nominees: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Michael Horton), The Pianist (Hervé de Luze), The Hours (Peter Boyle)
1990: Goodfellas — lost to Dances with Wolves (Neil Travis). Other nominees: The Godfather Part III (Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch), Ghost (Walter Murch), The Hunt for Red October (Dennis Virkler, John Wright)
WON: 1980: Raging Bull — Other nominees: Fame (Gerry Hambling), Coal Miner’s Daughter (Arthur Schmidt), The Competition (David E. Blewitt), The Elephant Man (Anne V. Coates)
1970: Woodstock — lost to Patton (Hugh S. Fowler). Other nominees: Airport (Stuart Gilmore), M*A*S*H (Danford B. Greene),
Tora! Tora! Tora! (James E. Newcom, Pembroke J. Herring, Shinya Inoue)